Toy



March 6, 1928.

S. KLAUS TOY Filed Feb. 1927 S11 lau;

A TTORNEY 1 J Z0 INVENTOR DEE Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

STEPHAN KLAUS, OF HAWTHORNE, NEW

TOY.

Application filed February 17,1927. Serial No. 188,858.

The main object of this invention is the provision of a novel and attractive toy which because of its unusual character compared to that of the usual class of toys, Wlll glve much pleasure and amusement to children.

Another object is the provision of a toy constituting a basket supported on a post and an ejector which is spring actuated to throw a ball into the basket.

Another object is the provision of such a toy through novel means and through novel arrangement of parts.

The above and other objects Wlll become apparent in the description below, in WlllCh like-named characters of reference refer to like-named parts on the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawlng, F 1gure 1 is a perspective view of the toy as it appears after the ball has been e ected.

I Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same, with parts omitted for simplicity and with the ejector in section to illustrate the actuating mechanism.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the

numeral 10 represents a base supported upon legs 11. A post 12 rises vertically from one end of the base, anda basket of the type used in the game of basketball, indicated at 13, is supported by the post.

At the other end of the base a pair of vertical supports or u rights 14 are mounted in spaced apart relation, and between these a fiat ejecting board 15 is pivotally mounted by means of a pin 16 passing through the board and the uprights.

The lower side of the ejector 15 is indented at 17 and is therein engaged by the bent over end 18 of a coiled spring 19 which lies under the pin 16 and is retained between 4.0 the ejector and the base 10. The lower extremity of the spring 19 is bent downward at 21 to engage an indentation 20 in the base 10. Thus the spring is securely held in position, so that it normally urges its upper or outer end upward, the distance to which said end may be moved upward being limited by the point of contact between the base and the lower or inner end of the ejector.

A circular hole 22 is provided near the upper end of the ejector, and a ball 23 is adapted to recline in this hole. A cord 24 of a length slightly greater than the height of the basket 13 above the ground, is secured in a staple 25 to the base 10 at the foot of the ejector 15, and the ball 23 is attached to the other end of the cord. The relative positions of the basket 13 and the hole 22 is such that a line drawn through the center of the hole 22 parallel with the long sides of the ejector 15, would pass through a horizontal projection of the center of the basket 13.

The toy is operated as follows. The ball 23 is placed 'on the ejector 15 in the hole 22. The upper extremity of the ejector is then depressed until it meets the base 10, and it is then released. The spring 19 causes that end of the ejector to fly upward, causing the ball 23 to be ejected upward and in the direction of the post- 12. When the ball reaches a distance equal to the length of the cord 24, it will be checked in its upward flight, and, because of its motion toward the post 12, it will momentarily rotate about the staple 25 in the direction of the post 12, at the same time falling slightly. As soon as the cord'24 strikes the basket 13, the cord will be checked at the point of contact with the basket, but the ball will continue and drop into the basket. The operation as described may then be repeated. It is to be noted that with the various parts of the device all properly constructed and mounted, the ball will invariably drop into the basket. Having thus described the invention, I do not wish to limit the invention to any par-- tieular construction except as speci ed in the accompanying claim.

What is claimed is as follows:

A toy comprising a rectangular base, a

vertical post square in cross section extend-- ing upwardly from said base near one end, a basket open at the top and bottom mounted on the upper end of said post, a pair of spaced-apart uprights on said base near the cud opposite to the post, a straight platform coiled spring normally urging one end of said platform to contact wlth said base and raising the opposite end, sald platform having an opening in the raised end, a ball 5 larger than said opening in said platform, said ball being adapted to be seated in said opening and a string attached to said ball,

the opposite end of said string bcin anchored to said base adjacent the end 0 said platform which contacts with said base, and 10 the anchored end of said string bein located at an acute angled position from sai basket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

STEPHAN KLAUS. 

